Storm-window fastener



Patented Sept. 28, 1920.

WITNESSES 6T 12 121/61 y I) A TTORNEYS CHARLES RUBY SIBLEY, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

STORM-WIN DOW FAS TEN ER.

Application filed February 10, 1920.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that 1, CHARLES SIBLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Storml/Vindow Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates generally to sash fasteners, and more particularly to storm windows, my object being the provision of a simple effective arrangement whereby storm windows and the like may be readily and quickly fastened, and securely held within sash or'window frames, without the necessity of screwing or otherwise more or less permanently setting the fasteners.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates my present invention and forms a part of this specification,

Figure l is a fragmentary side view illustrating the practical application of my invention,

Fig. 2 is a vertical 22 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is a detail locking bolt,

Fig. 5 is a similar view of the catch and,

Fig. 6 is a detail line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

Referring now to these figures my invention proposes the provision of window or sash frames with cavities or recesses, such as for instance indicated at 10 in connection with the sash frame 11, catch plates 12 being set into the inner face of the sash frame and secured by screws or like fastening members 13 over the cavities or recesses 10.

The frame 14 of the storm window and the like is provided in one edge with a groove and in this groove a securing bolt 15 is both rotatable and lengthwise shiftable in a position parallel with the window. The bolt is held in place by Virtue of its engagement within angular slots 16 in the opposite sides of a U-shaped bearing plate 17, whose cross bar 18 covers the bolt receiving slot of the window frame, the side portions of this hearing plate being secured in detachable relation to the window frame by screws 19, with the outer side portions countersunk or set into the outer face of the window section taken on line perspective view of the plate,

vertical section taken on Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 28, 1920. Serial No. 357,525.

frame so that the said outer face of the window frame can rest flush against the inner face of the sash frame as particularly seen in Fig. 2.

The bolt 15 has a wedge shaped head 20 at one'end adaptable for passage in one position through an elongated conformable opening 21 of the catch plate 12, so that the head 20 in one position can be thrust into the sash frame cavity 10 and held thercin by turning the bolt at right angles.

At its opposite or inner end the bolt 15 has an enlarged head 22, and between this enlarged head and the adjacent or inner side of the bearing plate 17, the bolt is extended through lengthwise slots 23 of a wedge 24, through the slot of which the outer locking head of the bolt is movable before the bolt is placed in the slots 16 of the bearing plate previous to its connection to the window frame 14.

It is thus obvious that when the storm window is placed in position with the sash frame, the bolts, of which there may be any suitable number at spaced points around the window and frame, are turned to aline their outer heads 20 with the slots 21 of the sash frame and the bolts are then shifted lengthwise in an outward direction and turned to a right angle position so that their outer heads 20 will be engaged by the catch plates and prevented from inward disengaging movement. It is then simply necessary to tap the wedges 24 downwardly between the inner enlarged head 22 and the adjacent side of the bearing plate 17 in order to securely wedge the locking bolts in position against accidental turning movement or accidental movement in any direction, the outer heads 20 of the locking bolt 15 being then drawn snugly and firmly against the inner faces of the catch plates 12.

Similarly to release the lock it is only necessary to tap the opposite ends of the wedges in order to loosen the same and thus make it possible to partially rotate the look ing bolts so that their outer heads 20 will aline with the catch plate openings to provide for lengthwise withdrawal.

claim:

1. A window fastener comprising the combination with a sash frame having a catch plate secured thereto and provided with an elongated opening, of a window frame having a rotatable and lengthwise movable bolt extending therethrough and forming a permanent part thereof, one end of which bolt is provided with a head elongated in one direction to extend through the opening of the catch plate, said bolt having a head at its opposite end, and a slotted wedge on the manent part thereof, one end of which bolt is provided with a head elongated in one direction to extend through the opening of the catch plate, said bolt having a head at its opposite end, and a slotted wedge on the bolt between the last mentioned head there- 7 of and the adjacent face of the window frame, the first head of the bolt being mov- V able through the slot of the wedge as described. r

3. The combination with a sash' frame having an apertured catch plate, of a windowv frame having a slot transversely of its side edge, a bolt arranged to extend through the slot for rotatable and lengthwise shiftable movements, a bearing plate having a portion extending over the window frame slots to permanently hold the bolt in position in connection with the window frame, said bolt having a head at one end formed to extend through the opening of the catch plate and movable into and out of alinement therewith, said bolt having a head at its opposite end, and a slotted wedge on the bolt between the last mentioned head and the adjacent face of the window frame and through the slot of which the first mentioned head of the bolt is movable The combination with a sash frame having an apertured catch plate, of a window frame having a slot transversely 'of'its side edge, a U-shaped plate having a portion arranged to cover the frame slot and having slotted side portions detachably connected to the inner and outer faces of the window frame, a bolt rotatably and lengthwise shiftable through the slot of the said plate and the slot ofthe window frame, having a head at one end movable through the aperture of the catch plate and into and out of alinem'ent therewith, and provided with a head at its opposite end, and a slotted wedge on the bolt between its last mentioned head and'the adjacent side portion of the said slotted plate as and for the purpose'described. 7

7 CHARLES RUBY sIBLEY. 

